Restricted Mode, a Larger Context Ceiling, and the Pentagon Ruling

Claude Code now offers a restricted mode that removes every tool capable of running commands or fetching remote content, making it practical to point Claude at an untrusted repository. Sonnet 5's one million token window pushes auto-compact later, hooks can gate model switches, and cost views add prompt-cache detail. Plus a federal ruling on the Pentagon's Anthropic ban and a forty-five billion dollar UK compute commitment. In this episode: (00:00) Introduction (00:45) Claude Code Updates (03:24) Under the Hood (04:30) In the News Further reading: Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful, US judge rules (The Guardian) Anthropic Tests New Way for Claude to Work With Robots and Scientific Lab Tools (Bloomberg) Salesforce Profit, Revenue Rise, Expands Partnership with Anthropic's Claude (Wall Street Journal) Anthropic agrees $45bn AI data centre deal with UK start-up Nscale (Financial Times) Claude in Chrome is generally available (Claude Blog) How Warp builds self-improving agents on Claude (Claude Blog) Claude Notes Brief is a weekly podcast covering Claude Code updates and Anthropic news. Subscribe at claudenotes.co.